"Power company traces Super Bowl outage to electrical relay device." -- CNN (1 Viewer)

[sheltonwhodat]

..more on story coming..

 

[Saildawg]

It's up on nola.com

 

[SAINTSFAN]

How sad is this that CNN makes it a "breaking news" piece on top of their website. Big freaking deal! Get to real news.

 

[sheltonwhodat]

How sad is this that CNN makes it a "breaking news" piece on top of their website. Big freaking deal! Get to real news.

True I'm watching CNN they are making it seem like someone close to the saints tripped the relay...

 

[sheltonwhodat]

A statement from the company said: "While the relay functioned without issue during a number of high-profile events -- including the New Orleans Bowl, the New Orleans Saints-Carolina Panthers game, and the Sugar Bowl -- during Sunday's game, the relay device triggered, signaling a switch to open when it should not have, causing the partial outage.

"This device has since been removed from service and new replacement equipment is being evaluated."

Super Bowl blackout caused by faulty relay equipment, Entergy says | NOLA.com

 

[primadox]

So the blame falls on the company that made the switch, right?

 

[SaintShane]

Yeah Entergy's statement does not place blame on anyone. I think all everyone wants to know is who was at fault.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

How sad is this that CNN makes it a "breaking news" piece on top of their website. Big freaking deal! Get to real news.

too bad there's not a "rogue cop" manhunt story to follow

 

[Saint_Ward]

So the blame falls on the company that made the switch, right?

Well, the next natural question is what about the switch gear box failed? Was it a mechanical failure during normal operation (if so, bad manufacturing), did some electrical event cause an issue that eventually showed its self?

I guess since they seem to be saying the the "abnormality" the switch gear detected to activate didn't actually happen, so the switch gear just did it on it's own. Was it a mechanical issue or a "program" issue?

Then, you'd ask yourself, is there an inspection that can be performed to make sure this problem doesn't happen or you can catch it before it does?

 

[doctorj]

So it was on Entergy's side the problem occurred? Not the Super Dome's side?

 

[Bayouman007]

relays go bad, it happens but you would think they would have a backup circuit for something as big as the superdome. Generators should kick power on as soon as power is lost and power should never go out... getting power from an UPS system until the generators take over.

 

[dajmno]

That Saints Panthers game sure was a high profile highly watched game.

 

[bornnraisedwhodat]

Perfect example of "if it aint broke dont fix it"

 

[Tim C]

relays go bad, it happens but you would think they would have a backup circuit for something as big as the superdome. Generators should kick power on as soon as power is lost and power should never go out... getting power from an UPS system until the generators take over.

The emergency lights did come on immediately. From what I've heard, the problem was fixed within minutes. Most of the "black out" was waiting for the lights to warm back up.

 

[RayM]

relays go bad, it happens but you would think they would have a backup circuit for something as big as the superdome. Generators should kick power on as soon as power is lost and power should never go out... getting power from an UPS system until the generators take over.

They have backup generators already but that would be one massive UPS system to keep all the electrical on until backup could be switched over. UPS is usually used only for essential equipment.

 

[Alan12]

Perfect example of "if it aint broke dont fix it"

Beat me to it.